Home Girls Unite

We have a new team member! Suwayba has joined us to help us with events and we're so excited to have her!  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Instagram ( @homegirlsldn ). We'll be posting weekly so join...

This week we're joined by Sia (Yasin's second best friend) who is writing her dissertation on all things Black Britishness. We discuss identity, belonging and being Yasin's best friend. We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegir...

TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE This week we're joined by the lovely Jalika who speaks to us openly and honestly about living with suicidal ideation. She speaks candidly about her experiences with medication, therapy and using writing as a tool to explore her feelings. You can find her articles here: http://theculturecritic.net/ . IF THIS EPISODE HAS TRIGGERED YOU PLEASE CALL ONE OF THESE HELPLINES:&nbsp...

This week we are joined by Sigourney, a recent physics graduate, who speaks to us about growing up in a Zimbabwean household and being a "surrogate husband" to her mother.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite...

This week we're joined by Home Girl Kitty. Kitty found herself become the parent to her younger sister when her parents relocated to Australia. She speaks honestly about how it changed her and her family.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find...

PARENTIFICATION - the process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to their own parent(s) or sibling(s). In extreme cases, the child is used to fill the void of the alienating parent's emotional life. This week we're joined by Donya, founder of The Authenticity ( https://www.theauthenticity.co.uk/ ), to discuss all things parentification. We're crowdfunding at the moment...

We're on a mission to hear from more Home Girls! This week we're joined by Emmanuella Kwenorty, podcast developer for BBC Sounds! We discuss growing up in an African household, faith and careers; and how being the eldest daughter impacted all these decisions. You can find Emmanuella on Twitter @emankwen.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate wh...

TRIGGER WARNING: WE ARE DISCUSSING SEXUAL ASSAULT With more women sharing their sexual assault stories online we thought it was necessary to bring on a therapist and talk about this sensitive topic.  Topics covered: - How to seek help if you have been sexually assaulted - Rebuilding your life/ learning to trust and start dating  - Substance abuse - Self harm and suicidal thoughts - Immig...

This week we're joined by the lovely Angela! Angela, the eldest daughter of an eldest daughter, is a development practitioner who recently moved from the UK to Nigeria. She speaks to us about making the big move and what it's like working in the development sector. Make sure you have a pen and paper ready!  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate...

Welcome back! We start this episode by catching up and filling you in on what's been in happening in our lives. We try to keep it light but we inevitably speak about the difficulties of being black women at a time like this.  Trigger warning: We discuss the death of George Floyd and the protests that have happened as a result.  Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the si...

This week, we are taking it back to our appearance on Don't Sleep On Us In February. A live event that gave us the opportunity to speak about experience of being an eldest daughter, how we met, how we started and where we are now. Enjoy! 

On this week's episode we are joined by Hadiza Obi, a certified early childhood development practitioner based in Nigeria. Hadiza talks to us about her life as an eldest daughter and how having her own daughter made her realise how much she needed to change. You can find out more about Hadiza here .  Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us...

On this episode Yasin talks us through her career and starting her own business!  Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Instagram ( @homegirlsldn ). We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

We try to bring you some lighthearted nonsense on this episode and end up discussing everything from friendships to the new crime show Yasin is watching.  Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Instagram ( @homegirlsldn ). We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

Hanna is tired but her inability to stop cleaning means that Hanna is forever tired. Yasin loves resting and can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Be like Yasin.  In this episode we speak about the importance of rest and how our lives as eldest daughters has made us develop some bad habits that make resting difficult.  Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood...

We're joined by our resident counsellor, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Misha! She uses her personal experiences to talks us through how to deal with issues from our childhoods so that we don’t bring them into our romantic relationships and how we can learn to put our guards down so that our personal relationships may flourish. This is an episode you don't want to miss!  We'll be having her...

Day 12243 in quarantine and what better time to have some difficult, and much needed, conversations with your parents! We give you some advice on how to start the conversation and get through it without crying.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

Recording in our new studio (inside our home) we bring you some tips to get through these 'unprecedented times' as well as some much needed laughs!  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

We discuss the ghetto that is heteronormative relationships. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

In this episode we discuss how imposter syndrome impacts our working lives, relationships and our ability to try new things. Of course we link it back to being the eldest daughter!  Here's the link for the bra fitting place that Hanna mentions: https://www.brarista.co/   Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so j...

On this episode we discuss what it was like doing a big chop as well as the (supposed) benefits of being the eldest.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

On this episode we discuss how social media has impacted us; from being on the internet as teenagers trying to make friends to dealing with trolls as women on Twitter.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

On this episode we try to be light and carefree but things go left very quickly when we begin to discuss our (unhealthy) coping mechanisms! Yasin pokes the bear until the bear (aka Hanna) cries...  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

Amina (@yeahshewrites) joins us to talk about going down the apprenticeship route rather than university; moving out of London to find opportunities and putting yourself first.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!

On this episode we discuss speaking our mother tongues, being silenced and finally learning to use language to stand up for ourselves.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @homegirlsunite or email us on hello@homegirlsunite.com. We'll be posting weekly so join us on this journey! Happy listening!